There is a really awesome animated IOTD on the front page today, which I'm all for, except that the animated gif brings my browser (Safari 6.0.5) to a crawl every time I load the front page...
I've worked around this by adding the image to my adblock filters, but I wonder if we should avoid placing animated gifs on the front page in future?
It is major slowdown for me too. It should be static screenshots only! I know that people would like their work to be seen but this is bad way to do it.
I hear that the GIF format has regained popularity for short movies (as a - abusive ? - replacement for flash/youtube I guess). I have no problem with the load and display, but not everybody has a high end connection and machine.
IOTD is now screenshot saturday, so I wonder if the gamedev staff can actually dictate any format restrictions. Still, it's supposed to be screenshots, no ?
I wouldn't mind either, since I usually surf with plugins disabled (or opt-in). It's too distracting.
PS: It's a nice movie, though.
It made my browser lag a slight bit (i.e. loading the front-page articles was slower with the gif going), but if it weren't for that, I'd think it a pretty awesome little feature. I think it piqued my interested in the game more than a screenshot would have.
but if it weren't for that, I'd think it a pretty awesome little feature.
Yeah. I've been admiring the same GIF on the main IOTD page for several days now, so no problem with the format.
But I do thing we should freeze-frame the GIF for the front page, to avoid page load slowdowns. Poor customer experience and all that...
Yeah, there should be a limit on image sizes. There is no good reason to allow that. I have a broadband connection and it slows me down. It doesn't get cached or doesn't stay cached for some reason.
It shows up on every forum page, not just the home page. See pic...
On top of this, some of the PageSpeed tips might be a good idea.
It's weird other people's browsers aren't loading this from cache. My Chrome browser is loading from cache just fine:
(get request)
It's weird other people's browsers aren't loading this from cache. My Chrome browser is loading from cache just fine:
(get request)
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